Gypsum soft slab / sluff release
Avalanchejon.berlie · Dec 23, 2020 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 100
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N
- Site Elevation
- 1950
- Ski Penetration
- 50
- Foot Penetration
- 80
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar, crust
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 20
- Slab Width
- 8
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 60
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Trigger Distance
- 2
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab, looseDry
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1950
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2020-11-05T07:00:00.000Z
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-12-22T15:00:00
Did a ski cut above roll on one of the Westmont chutes. The storm snow fractured about 8 m in width and ran 20 meters until the concave of the slope slowed the travel. Did not run fast.